I agree in the sense that none of us know what we would do until confronted with a situation like that. But even if you can excuse him running away, and even if you can excuse him ditching the baby (how hard would it have been to tuck the baby under your arm and run?), getting into his car and driving away takes things to another level for me. A lot of people lose their heads and run when panic strikes, and I can't claim that I've been in a life-threatening situation so I can't say what I would do. I CAN say with complete confidence that once I got out of the theatre, into the parking lot, that I would not drive away and leave without my family. He wasn't in danger at that point, yet he still continued to run. That's why this guy generates such a visceral reaction of disgust for me. Lots of people ran or didn't know what to do. This guy ran far enough away to be safe himself and then continued on to take his family's only means of escape for himself and drive away.

Good point, the hopping in the car and driving away definitely is a resounding sign of selfishness on his part.

Don't know Echoes - like I mentioned I don't know how the procedure works.
Thought when people go to jail they get frisked and all their belonging taken away and secured. Didn't see that a jail doctor was doing the sedation.

After all the investigations and trials are done, I think it may end up being as simple as this guy wanted to be famous, nothing deeper than that. He took the precaution of wearing full body armor and he gave up as soon as the cops arrived, so he was not trying to commit suicide by cop. He wanted to live and see the result of his actions.

Since he seemed to admire fictional villains like the Joker, he took the twisted step of becoming a real-life villain whose name would become known by everyone. An egocentric personality who wanted to see how big an impact he could make on the world. It is scary that there are more like him out there who may or may not act on their impulses.

After all the investigations and trials are done, I think it may end up being as simple as this guy wanted to be famous, nothing deeper than that. He took the precaution of wearing full body armor and he gave up as soon as the cops arrived, so he was not trying to commit suicide by cop. He wanted to live and see the result of his actions.

Since he seemed to admire fictional villains like the Joker, he took the twisted step of becoming a real-life villain whose name would become known by everyone. An egocentric personality who wanted to see how big an impact he could make on the world. It is scary that there are more like him out there who may or may not act on their impulses.

After all the investigations and trials are done, I think it may end up being as simple as this guy wanted to be famous, nothing deeper than that. He took the precaution of wearing full body armor and he gave up as soon as the cops arrived, so he was not trying to commit suicide by cop. He wanted to live and see the result of his actions.

Since he seemed to admire fictional villains like the Joker, he took the twisted step of becoming a real-life villain whose name would become known by everyone. An egocentric personality who wanted to see how big an impact he could make on the world. It is scary that there are more like him out there who may or may not act on their impulses.

As much as this whole situation has impacted my family and friends, and I really hate all of the "well maybe he_______" this post seems right on!!

After all the investigations and trials are done, I think it may end up being as simple as this guy wanted to be famous, nothing deeper than that. He took the precaution of wearing full body armor and he gave up as soon as the cops arrived, so he was not trying to commit suicide by cop. He wanted to live and see the result of his actions.

Since he seemed to admire fictional villains like the Joker, he took the twisted step of becoming a real-life villain whose name would become known by everyone. An egocentric personality who wanted to see how big an impact he could make on the world. It is scary that there are more like him out there who may or may not act on their impulses.